Electric iron



T. C. PLATH.

ELECTRIC IRON- APPLICATION FILED Nov. a, 1920.

Patented A r. 18, 1922,

' INVENTOR. v M 0% A TT RNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

THEODORE C. PLATE, 01 L08 ANGELIS,

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

onmronn'm, AssmNon-or ONE-HALF TO .1. cnr'rnnnm, BOTH or nos ELECTRICIRON.

Application filed November 8, 1920. Serial Hm-422,645.

To all whoin it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE C. Pm'rn,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Los Angeles,county of.,Los.

lowing is a specification.

invention relates to electric irons, and as for its primary object toprovide an electric iron and a support therefor,- the support havingmeans for connecting it with a source of electric energy, with suitableterminals, and the iron also having suitable terminals adapted, when theiron is set upon the support, to contact with the terminals of thesupport, and thus conduct electricenergy to the heating element of. the1ron, thus making it possible to pick up an electric 1ron and use itwithout the usual electric cord dangling in. the way of the person usingthe iron. Every time the iron is set upon the support. it isautomatically connected with the source of electric energy without thenecessity of the user making special connection therewith.

'of the cord, which f iron, and man One 'of the common objections to theelectric iron is the fact that the cord which conveys the electricenergy to the iron is always in the 'way and 1s catchlng on things tothe inconvenience of the user;

and the iron is constantly being heated un- I less the cord isdisconnected,ror some other switch is opened, and frequently gets toohot.

. With my improvement, when theiron is heated, the time it sets on thestand is. sufiicientfto keep. it in good heat for the user and there 1sno switch to be manipulated, or cord to be disconnected, or to get inthe way' of the person usingjthej iron. Thus there is less danger of theiron being thrown off he table or support by means requently damages thetimes injures a person or thing as it fa s. p

it is o y necessary to. set it down so its terminals or contacts do notengage with ain m In order to fully exp invention, I

have illustrated thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawingrs, inwhich,- 1gure 1 is a side eleuatmn of an iron and If the iron gets toohot,

' 6, carried by the one practice embodiment support or stand embodyingmy invention, with parts shown in section; Y

Specification of LettersP atent. Patented Apr. 18,1922. I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the rear I is a rear view of thesu'p-poitas Figure 4 is a view on the lined- 4. of

fieferring now'to the drawings in detail, 1, designates a support orstand, preferably of double construction whereby to provide an air space2, therein, with supporting means, here shown as wire mei'n ers 3, heldin the rolled sides of the body 0 the stand. The front end of said standor support is preferably higher so: at the iron will rest -m an inclinedpositiong-jtnd thus insure a better contact with ;the heatin connectionshereinafter described. FIt 'wi 1 be understood,.of course, thatanytypeof suppert or stand can be used aniii that it can be made rear ofthe stand, I have provided means for connecting-ta source of electric.-energy therewith. This comprises" a metal enclosing member 4, with aninsulating lining v5, with two carbon contact members 6,yieldinglypositioned springs, 7 Said ,carbon contact members. areconnected by means of suitable metal ribbons, 8 with terminal pins, 9,insulated from. the enclosing member 4, by means of suitable bushings,10. The source .of electric energy is to be connected with the terminalpins, 9, just as it is nowconnected with the electric irons direct, andwill be readily understood. v

The electric iron, '11, can be of any desired therein at the ends of two"type, and is provided with two metal con- 1* Thus I have provided metalcontact mem- T bers, 12,.on'theiron, positioned to contact with theyielding carbon contact members,

stand or support 1. It "will be clear that when the iron is picked upfrom the stand that the contact 1s at once broken, and that when theiron is placed again upon the stand the contact'is made and the iron isagain subjected to heat.

I thereof, and I do .I claim:

In order to provide means for placing the iron on the stand withoutmaking electrical contact between the terminals, I have 1. Incombination, an electric iron stand constructed to hold an iron in atilted position and provided at its lower side with an enclosed box-likepart, open on its sidetoward the supporting part of said stand andhaving an insulating lining, a yieldingly mounted contact member in saidbox-like part, electric connections through said box-- like part to saidcontact member, aclosure adapted to be moved over the open side of saidbox-like part, and an electric iron provided with contact member adaptedto contact with the contact member of said stand when said iron is setthereon, said iron being held by gravity against said box-like part ofsaid stand.

2. In combination, an electric iron stand having an iron supportingmember in an inclined position and provided with contact elementsyieldingly mounted at the lower side thereof and located within anenclosing member open at its side next tothe supporting member, anelectric iron having projecting contactmembers on its rear end adaptedto extend into said enclosing member and contact with said yieldinglymounted contact elements therein when said iron is set on saidsupporting member, two of said contact members being of metal and two ofsaid contact members being of carbon, whereby to prevent crystallizationwhen said contact members engage each other in use.

3. In combination, an electric iron having projecting contact members, asupporting stand therefor provided with an enclosing member open at oneside and having an insulating lining, a yieldingly mounted contactmember within said enclosing member, said enclosing member having aclosure member adapted to be placed over the open side of the samewhereby to cover said contact members when not used, and means wherebythe iron when 'set on said stand is held with its contact members incontact with Itohe contact members in said enclosing mem- 4. Incombination, an electric iron having two contact elements projectingtherefrom, a supporting stand therefor having its supporting part in aninclined position and having at its lower side a pair of yieldinglymounted contact members positioned to em gage with the contact memberson said iron wlien'the iron is placed on said stand, said contactmembers being of metal and carbon and adapted to contact with each otherby abutment, means for connecting a source of electric energy with thecontact members of said stand, protecting means enclosing said contactmembers on the stand and having an opening to receive the contactmembers on said iron when set thereon, said contacts being held incontact with each other by gravity, and a closure for the opening ofsaid protecting means, whereby to cover the contact members and holdsaid iron out of contact therewith when desired, substan tially asdescribed.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 30th day of Qctober, 1920.

THEODORE C. PLATH.

In presence of- EARL B. SPENCER, H. M. BRUNDAGE.

